Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

No, just listen and you will learn something. There was no shadow finance minister and no shadow assistant minister. Now, it takes a bit to keep the shadow Assistant Treasurer away; I will say that. It takes a bit, so there must be a reason. I will tell you what the reason is.

The reason was revealed by David Crowe earlier this week in a very prescient article under the headline 'Labor doubts grow over Shorten's strategy'. It addressed the very subject of this MPI. It addressed the very substance of the MPI. The first paragraph and a few other selected quotes are worth reading to the House.

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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